Peaches

What a pleasure: eating fresh, off-the-tree peaches, that were not picked unripe to go to market.  Palisade Peaches!  Remembering our orchard in Bountiful, Utah. We decided after the first season, not to pick our crop early to ship to market. We only sold direct to customers     From our garage fruit stand.

And I love it that you love all that! I think that our traditions have made our life full and interesting! I wish that everyone would respect that and not get offended or wigged out because we happen to believe something different than they do. I am not trying to convert anyone to the way I was raised and please don't try to convert me but respect me!
I think one of my favorite songs is "Tradition" sung by Topal in "Fiddler on the Roof"

Moon Landing

Feeling a little weepy while watching TV coverage of the Apollo 11 moon launch. In 1966 I had a summer job as a student intern with Boeing in Huntsville Alabama as part of the Saturn 5 project. The following summer I worked for NASA at the Marshal Space Flight Center with the same project. I can’t say that I did any important work there but it was amazing to be a tiny cog in the work along with thousands of other men and women including my Dad. 50 years ago as newlyweds we watched with millions of others as that rocket took the three men to the moon. The following year we followed another of President Kennedy’s dreams by joining the Peace Corps.